How to Set Page Size and Set Margin in Print in Internet Explorer With JavaScript and CSS

Margin while printing html page

You should use cm or mm as unit when you specify for printing. Using pixels will cause the browser to translate it to something similar to what it looks like on screen. Using cm or mm will ensure consistent size on the paper.

body
{
margin: 25mm 25mm 25mm 25mm;
}

For font sizes, use pt for the print media.

Note that setting the margin on the body in css style will not adjust the margin in the printer driver that defines the printable area of the printer, or margin controlled by the browser (may be adjustable in print preview on some browsers)... It will just set margin on the document inside the printable area.

You should also be aware that IE7++ automatically adjusts the size to best fit, and causes everything to be wrong even if you use cm or mm. To override this behaviour, the user must select 'Print preview' and then set the print size to 100% (default is Shrink To Fit).

A better option for full control on printed margins is to use the @page directive to set the paper margin, which will affect the margin on paper outside the html body element, which is normally controlled by the browser. See http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2-19980512/page.html.

This currently works in all major browsers except Safari.

In Internet explorer, the margin is actually set to this value in the settings for this printing, and if you do Preview you will get this as default, but the user can change it in the preview.

@page  
{
size: auto; /* auto is the initial value */

/* this affects the margin in the printer settings */
margin: 25mm 25mm 25mm 25mm;
}

body
{
/* this affects the margin on the content before sending to printer */
margin: 0px;
}

Related answer:
Disabling browser print options (headers, footers, margins) from page?

How to set Safari print margins via CSS to print borderless

There is 3 things to take in consideration:

  1. The margin of the page's rule, unfortunately

    @page {
    margin: 0cm !important;
    }

    Has no effect on Safari 6, where it does in Chrome 23. As I know, as long as Safari is not supporting this, there is no solution (it seems to be fixed to around 10mm).

  2. The page setting as seen here you might have to define a custom "Paper Size" in the "Print…" menu panel without any margin (you did it already btw).

  3. Obviously to take care of the other inner content html, body… not to have any margin.

if internet explorer resize printing page to 60%

There are a few possibilities.

  • First you can change the page setup of your internet explorer
    browser, go to Tools -> Print -> Page setup. Here you can Enable
    Shrink-to-Fit.

  • Another way is to convert your webpage to a PDF-file. And then the
    PDF-file of your page can be printed.

EDIT
To put one chocolate on one page, use the CSS code below in the chocolate class:

page-break-after:always

How to set margins 0 on print preview?

The best you can do is set @page margins. Keep in mind, however, that you can and most likely will be overruled if you set margins to 0.

How to set ie margins with javascript or vbscript or jquery?

It sounds like you want a CSS print style sheet. See "the definitive guide". P.S. JQuery is a JavaScript library, not a programming language (contrary to the belief of some).



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